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Highland Capital Management Does More Than Manage Credit

Highland Capital Management is an investment firm in Dallas Texas that was co-founded by James Dondero; The initial focus of the organization is to work with their clients’ private equity accounts, credit hedge funds, and various other credit accounts. However, the company does not only manage financial statements for their clients, but they also give back to their community by setting aside three million dollars in their yearly budget for philanthropic purposes. Read this article at investopedia.com. One of the many examples of the ways James Dondero has made sure that Highland Capital Management has given back to Dallas is by supporting The Family Place, a shelter in the city for men that are victims of domestic abuse. The home is within convenient proximity to immediate medical care and other useful amenities, and there is a twenty-four-hour crisis hotline in place for individuals who need to reach out for help. Highland Capital has recently held a charitable event at the Dallas Zoo which aided in raising funds for The Family Place, yet another example of their generous nature. Visit hcp.com to know more. One of the most recent cases of the liberal view of Highland Capital Management founder, James Dondero, is his one million dollar donation to the Dallas Zoo so that they might recreate their beloved hippo habitat. In 2001, management at the Dallas Zoo had to make the difficult decision to shut down the habitat after their eldest hippopotamus, Papa, passed away of old age. The community was heartbroken, and for several years the zoo has received an outcry of requests for the habitat to be reopened. Now, nearly two decades after its closing, James Dondero and several other local philanthropists in the Dallas area came together to donate the necessary fourteen billion dollars to rebuild a brand new hippo habitat. The community was happy to flood to the zoo to welcome the two new additions to the Dallas Zoo family, Adhama, and Boipelo, the juvenile Hippos. Their caretakers hope that they will someday mate and assist with the rebuilding of the endangered hippopotamus population. It is because of the philanthropic efforts of Highland Capital Management and its founders that Dallas can thrive as a city, and for that, we say thank you!